This is Lucius Malfoy's monlogue in his point of view. It is the night of July thirty-first, the day of both Harry Potter's and Draco Malfoy's birth. Harry is strong and healthy, whereas Draco is sickly. Both have been 'marked' by the Dark Lord Voldemort.
Lord above, he [Draco] is weak. I told Narcissa to have all the daughters she wanted after Draco was born. Draco has been my obsession for the past nine months, like Harry's been m' Lord's. And now as I hold him, his skin transluncent, I wonder why. He's a Malfoy! He's strong! And yet... and yet.. he isn't. My boy, my only boy, my baby boy. Why must this curse befoul you? Is it because I, your father, am weak? If not in strength, then in mind, in heart. Because I, your father, obeyed, followed like a lamb lead to the slaughter.
Why? Why didn't I marry my Lilian? Is this punishment, oh God of mine? Punish me then, not my son. I love him. NO! Love is a cursed thing. I loved my Lilian, and m' Lord took her away. I musn't love my Draco. Oh Lord, I grovel before you, I beseech you, to let my boy live, let him grow strong, to become a man. Oh Lord, I will give you any and all of my riches, return my own life to your hands, to let Draco live.
Please, God, please.
Lord above, he [Draco] is weak. I told Narcissa to have all the daughters she wanted after Draco was born. Draco has been my obsession for the past nine months, like Harry's been m' Lord's. And now as I hold him, his skin transluncent, I wonder why. He's a Malfoy! He's strong! And yet... and yet.. he isn't. My boy, my only boy, my baby boy. Why must this curse befoul you? Is it because I, your father, am weak? If not in strength, then in mind, in heart. Because I, your father, obeyed, followed like a lamb lead to the slaughter.
Why? Why didn't I marry my Lilian? Is this punishment, oh God of mine? Punish me then, not my son. I love him. NO! Love is a cursed thing. I loved my Lilian, and m' Lord took her away. I musn't love my Draco. Oh Lord, I grovel before you, I beseech you, to let my boy live, let him grow strong, to become a man. Oh Lord, I will give you any and all of my riches, return my own life to your hands, to let Draco live.
Please, God, please.